1 day ago · The government has dropped plans requiring workers to sign up to a new digital ID system in order to prove their right to work in the UK. Instead, Labour ministers say existing …

21 hours ago · The British government has scaled back plans for mandatory digital ID cards, initially proposed as a way of helping control immigration.

The UK government has backtracked on a plan to require all workers to have a digital ID following a backlash. It will no longer be mandatory to register with the digital ID program to prove one ...

1 day ago · A government public consultation on digital ID due soon is expected to include plans to allow workers to use other ways to verify their right to work in the UK, people briefed on the …

2 days ago · Keir Starmer has reportedly rowed back on plans to bring in mandatory digital ID for workers, in the 13th u-turn since his government took office in 2024. The Prime Minister …

1 day ago · Government U-turns on mandatory digital ID cards for workers Last year, the government said it would be compulsory to have digital ID for the right to work in the UK.

1 day ago · The UK government has abandoned plans to implement a mandatory digital ID system for workers following significant public backlash. Nearly three million people signed a …